Cuevas would have turned 53 Thursday, and his mother has been dreading this day like she does every year since her son's death.

"The last few weeks have been, I mean, very emotional, and also mentally just thinking that today if he would have been with us, it's his birthday," said Margarita Goedeke, who drove to Palm Beach Gardens from Naples.

Five years ago, Palm Beach Gardens police found a metal box that contained a skull, pieces of a torso, a shoulder and a foot. Investigators eventually determined that it was Cuevas, a father of four and a business owner from Coconut Creek.

The years went by without an arrest until January, when a grand jury indicted Gustavo Enamorado-Dubon on charges of premeditated murder and armed kidnapping.

But family members said there are still others who need to be brought to justice.

"Throughout the years it doesn't get any better," Cuevas said. "If anything, it just gets worse."